Good days and...

Yes I have many good days in my weight-loss journey but yesterday was one of my worst days..

Normally when i feel insecure, don't 'feel' the exercise or am just not motivated, I just bite my teeth and get on with it.. 

However yesterday I hit my first low since I started.

I promised you that I would be honest in my blog regarding my journey, so here I am..

I woke up around eight , not because of the kids being awake, but because my husband was diddling around, getting dressed as he was going to play cricket. 

I vaguely then remember him going on about that it was raining and cricket was cancelled and fell back asleep..

When I woke up , like normal, I got in my sports clothes and wanted to start Bodypump.

But I had to wait as Shayne just started his Bodypump session.

That´s where it went wrong for me as my routine was messed up now.. 

I am normally quite OCD regarding my routine and this was no exception. When I finally started the Bodypump , I did it for 10 minutes and just couldn't go on.. I don´t know why , maybe because I am a hormone overflowing woman , but I broke out in tears and couldn´t stop for the next half an hour.

Poor Shayne didnt know what to say or do, but eventually managed to put me together again and had me finish my workout..

I felt a lot better though when I was done and could go on with my day without too many bad vibes..

It was also measure day.. I didn't lose any weight this week however my measurements are ok.

I lost some centimeters on my waist , but stayed the same for the rest.

After the exercise , I went to clean out my wardrobe while the kids where chilling in our bed with their tablets. It was quite a good feeling that a lot of clothes where getting too big and of course the best excuse to keep clothes shopping!

Then I decided to make some seeds and nuts crackers , and they turned out to be pretty good!

This is how I made them, however the recipe is not mine..

Ingrediënts;
- 100 g flax seed
- 50 g pumpkin seeds
- 50 g sunflower seeds
- 20 g Chia seeds
- 20 g peeled almonds

-20 g crushed almonds
- 200 ml water

How to make:

Put all the seeds and nuts in a bowl and add all the water. Leave it rest for half an hour so the seeds will soak up all the water. Pre-heat the oven in the meantime to 180 degrees Celcius.

When the water is soaked up , you put the ´dough´on a baking sheet in a square, and make sure that the dough is very flat. I added another baking sheet and rolled it flat with a dough roller. Then took the top baking sheet of and put it in the oven. I also added raisins which was not such a good idea.. the turned out horrible and had to pick them off lol.

Then I went with Sofia to the shop to buy big paper as I wanted to make big letters and numbers for Livia to play and learn with. Also I made some pecs , which is very good for her to start talking slowly. She loved them!

To finish the day with a nice but healthy dessert I also made Frozen Yoghurt with fruit.

The most simple thing ever.. I made a couple of them with Pear and Greek Yoghurt ( just blend and throw in the freezer for a couple of hours) and a couple with strawberry and Greek Yoghurt. They turned out to be yummy!

Today was a lot better with exercise and had good energy again. I did my exercises on our weight machine followed by tricep dips , plank, leg raises, normal crunches and side crunches. And when you are finished it looks a bit like this....

After the workout , I made myself ready and went to spend some time with my auntie Mia who was with the cruise a couple of hours in Barcelona-It was so much fun even though the weather was awful for Spanish ways.. I cheated on two small slices of pizza ( so bad...) but at least it was home made pizza en not dripping from cheese and fat.

When I came home I realized I still had to make my smoothie for tomorrow and the after ( always make enough for 2 days). Then I remembered a blog on Pinterest of a woman who prepped her smoothie bags en put them in the freezer till needed , so I decided to do the same..

It saves me some time in the evening when I can prep it all on Sunday. So I made three bags which is enough for 6 days. 

Bag 1: 1 apple , 1 pear, 1 banana, blueberries,  cup of oats and a bit of Chia seeds. 

Bag 2: Pineapple, Strawberries,half an Orange, cup of oats and a bit of Chia seeds. 

Bag 3:  Pineapple, Strawberries, 2 Bananas , Raspberries, cup of oats and a bit of Chia seeds. 

Later I will add the Almond milk en it should be good then.. I will let you know the results!

Stay Strong!